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The only Original Illustrated Juvenile Magazine published Once a Week.
OLIVER OPTIC'S MAGAZINE,
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS,
EVERY WEEK. EDITED BY OLIVER OPTIC,
Who writes for no other Juvenile Publication, and who contributes
Four Serial Stories Every Year,
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Poems and Stories
By other well-known authors, who know how to write for Young Folks.
The Orator,
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Original Dialogues.
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Head Work,
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